Landmark’s Oriental Theatre will be hosting a different kind of feature presentation on April 11, when local rock band Fever Marlene celebrates the release of its latest album “Medicated Friends” with a live concert.

Milwaukee County Park officials have decided to dub Wednesday "Appreciation Day for Park Patrons," celebrated with a day of free skate rentals at Slice of Ice rink in Red Arrow Park, 920 N. Water St., from 2 to 8 p.m.

But wait - more freebies: Parks staff members will be giving away cans of the new Pepsi Next at the park, too. | Feb. 18, 2013»Read Full Article

Perennial summer touring heavyweights Dave Matthews Band announced their 2013 itinerary this morning. The five-month trek will take them across the country, with a two-night mid-summer stop at Alpine Valley Music Theatre in East Troy July 5 and 6. | Feb. 18, 2013»Read Full Blog Post(1)

As anniversary commemorations go, the Residents' "The Wonder of Weird" tour is largely free of pomp and circumstance, if their Sunday night stop at Turner Hall Ballroom was any indication.

To mark their 40th year together, the three gentlemen of this band did have an appropriately unusual prop: a large, illuminated, inflatable decoration of Santa and (presumably) Frosty the Snowman not quite touching candy canes together. | Feb. 18, 2013»Read Full Article

Though I spent three hours watching "Downton Abbey" last night, I still haven't watched the finale so please stop talking about it on Facebook and Twitter. Thanks.

I had two episodes of "Downton" to watch - one of which was two hours long - just to catch up to the two hour finale and I wasn't man enough to sit through five straight hours of "Masterpiece Theater. | Feb. 18, 2013»Read Full Blog Post(2)

You can almost set your watch by Dave Matthews - the crowd-magnet rocker and his band will play Alpine Valley Music Theatre in East Troy July 5 and 6, according to a post on the band's website Monday morning.

The website and the site for Warehouse, the official Dave Matthews Band Fan Association, don't have many more details, including price information. Tickets go on sale to the public on March 22, according to the Warehouse site, with fan association members able to make ticket requests starting at 9 a.m. Thursday. | Feb. 18, 2013»Read Full Article(3)

Party like it’s 1813: This month marks 200 years since Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice” was published, and Verduras Tea House & Café in the Third Ward will celebrate with a tea party on March 2.

The café at 181 N. Broadway will serve tea sandwiches, scones, breads, tarts and shortbread cookies, and will have games, prizes and a memento for guests, who are invited to dress in costume. (You don't have to dress in costume, but you might get a prize if you do.) | Feb. 18, 2013»Read Full Blog Post